NYT Crossword August 29, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Main characters for an early reader 4 5A They get rings for hoops 9 14A Skin-care brand known for its pore strips 5 15A Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel 9 16A Conference handout 5 17A Dubious sighting in the night sky 9 18A Started to boil 6 20A Work, as a joke 4 21A Romance author Huang 3 22A They might be rehabbed with knee flexion 4 23A His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003 5 25A Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The" 4 26A Personne canonisée: Abbr. 3 27A ___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney 4 28A Hits the mark, in a way 4 29A Many people climb it 12 33A Naturally concluded 12 35A Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party? 12 37A Court session, perhaps 12 39A Like much of Libya 4 41A Depicting the world bleakly and cynically 4 42A Put your back into it 3 43A "Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics) 4 44A Is immersed 5 46A Fair trade, say 4 47A "It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm" 3 48A A word in closing 4 49A Relative of house music 6 51A Inverse of an exponential function 9 54A Vikings' offense? 5 55A What a supposed bug is often revealed to be 9 56A Grant 5 57A Deftly evades 9 58A Come off as 4

Down

1D Nonhuman provider of medical advice 8 2D Neck topper 9 3D Shoves (in) 5 4D Sonic system 4 5D Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State" 3 6D Breaking character? 16 7D Like parts of Istanbul 5 8D Common Chinese surname 5 9D ___ legs 4 10D Stability aids, informally 3 11D Soft, silky material 6 12D Depicts stylishly 6 13D Green day star, for short 5 14D Humongous, slangily 6 19D Stocked and sold, as goods 7 24D August ___, "Fences" playwright 6 25D Makes sense of 6 27D Deliberately exasperated 6 28D More sassy 6 30D Indecisive way to end 6 31D Gets by 6 32D Binary, in a way 7 34D Former 9 36D "Wow ... what are the chances?!" 8 38D Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in brief 6 39D Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera 6 40D Not fair 6 43D Nearly 90 5 44D It goes on top 5 45D Shockingly unconventional 5 46D Stepped-on instrument 5 48D "___ chic!" 4 50D Time divisions 4 52D "___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit) 3 53D Half of a couple 3